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Shadowy vs Umbratile - What's the difference?

shadowy | umbratile |

As adjectives the difference between shadowy and umbratile

is that shadowy is in shadow; darkened by shadows while umbratile is shady, shadowy.

As a noun umbratile is

someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.

shadowy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • In shadow; darkened by shadows.
    • He sat in a shadowy corner.
  • (of character) Dark, obscure.
    • He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}

    umbratile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shady, shadowy.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 336:
  • *:Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles , vampires, ghosts.
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